By Chernor Alimamy Kamara Out of a total of 30,491 (thirty thousand, four hundred and ninety-one) criminal and road crash cases reported and investigated in all 6 Police Command Regions in Sierra Leone with an overall crime rate of 0.35%, the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has recorded a slight reduction of 0.4% in the rate of reported crime in 2023. Out of the 30,491 reported
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Sierra Leone has been asked to send more Police personnel to South Sudan and Somalia for peacekeeping duties. This was stated by Police Director of Crime Services, Commissioner Joseph Ibrahim Lahai during a press briefing at the Police Headquarters in Freetown last week. He said despite drawdowns in peacekeeping missions in the two countries, Sierra
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah In bid to expedite crimes cases, the Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Police, Joseph Ibrahim Lahai has launched a five-day training programme for ten police officers on crime investigations including operating a forensic device. The event took place at the Kingtom Police facility, Freetown on Monday 22nd January, 2024. The ten officers selected from